Shaws Iron Test; Super quick, super stable
As we venture into the deep south between Invercargill and Fiordland in search of an eight-wheeled Komatsu harvester at Bluewood Thinning’s operation, we notice a lot of the trees scattered on flat farmland seem to be about 15% taller than similar trees in the North Island. The Iron Test team throws around various theories as to what might cause this.
The long rolling hills of Southland look like ideal ground for growing Douglas fir trees too, but that theory doesn’t pan out once we get in the forest. Maybe a...
NZ Logger Feature Sections November 2023
Looking Back; The Dayak Queen
Forestry pioneer, Ross Lockyer, is back with an excerpt from his third book (of five), The River is my Highway: A New Zealand Forest Ranger in the Jungles of Borneo. H...
Special Feature; Slash deluge hits Queenstown
Otago’s prime tourist resort gets hit by an extreme weather bomb, right in the middle of a Skyline logging operation above Queenstown’s CBD. It was bound to happen a...
Forest Talk
All in the family
This month, our Iron Test team is visiting the Stewart Logging Mosgiel site with AB Equipment’s Nicolas Ekron, who is the Dunedin branch Service Manager. Ste...
A million more trees by 2030 with Trees for Survival
“This winter, students from Bucklands Beach Intermediate will join Rotary’s Trees for Survival programme founders to plant the first of a million native tree...
Conserving threatened native trees
Researchers have identified hotspots for the conservation of maire tawake or swamp maire in the Wellington region, hoping to save this threatened native tree...
Council emissions close to double after tree felling
The felling of the Valley Road pine forest earlier this year will result in Whakatāne District Council’s greenhouse gas emissions almost doubling in its audi...
Electric Multidirectional Counterbalance Forklift comes out tops
Wood products in the timber industry come in different shapes, sizes and weights, making them tricky to handle. From lumber frames to long pieces, these bulk...
Road freight workplace injuries in decline
A decline in road freight transport workplace injuries, shows industry commitment to health and safety improvements says Transporting New Zealand.Recent data...
Using drones to safeguard forests
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha|University of Canterbury (UC) researchers are using drones and satellite remote sensing to track the health of eucalyptus tr...
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